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Matt Hancock needs to be pushed further on the 50k spent by his department at a Filipino takeaway restaurant in two months, the 350k further of taxpayers money they received before that and why after receiving this funding it has now closed.
A brief timeline
A brief timeline
Jan 2020
Under the name 'BBQ DREAMZ', Lee Johnson and Sinead Campbell win £350,000 in a BBC competition called 'My Million Pound Menu', and immediately announce a name change to Bong Bongs.
Under the name 'BBQ DREAMZ', Lee Johnson and Sinead Campbell win £350,000 in a BBC competition called 'My Million Pound Menu', and immediately announce a name change to Bong Bongs.
In this article by @gracedent you can read about the competition and name change https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/31/bong-bongs-manila-kanteen-london-e2-grace-dent-restaurant-review
Incidentally in this article she also points out the origin of the name Bong Bongs - the nickname of Ferdinand Marcos, former prime minister of the Philippines. The Marcos family were famous for squandering public money, while the 'common folk' starved...
You can read more about the Marcos family in this article by @guardian journalist Nick Davies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/07/10bn-dollar-question-marcos-millions-nick-davies
And here:
https://www.biography.com/political-figure/imelda-marcos
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/07/10bn-dollar-question-marcos-millions-nick-davies
And here:
https://www.biography.com/political-figure/imelda-marcos
March 2020
The health department spend over £4,000 in takeaways from Bong Bongs in the month of March
April 2020
The health department spends over £47,000 in takeaways from Bong Bongs in the month of April
The health department spend over £4,000 in takeaways from Bong Bongs in the month of March
April 2020
The health department spends over £47,000 in takeaways from Bong Bongs in the month of April
Sat 21st November 2020
Despite receiving £350,000 from the BBC in late 2019 and £50,000 from the department of health in early 2020 Bong Bongs announces it has been forced to close for financial reasons, on their Instagram page
Despite receiving £350,000 from the BBC in late 2019 and £50,000 from the department of health in early 2020 Bong Bongs announces it has been forced to close for financial reasons, on their Instagram page
Monday 23rd Nov
2 days after Bong Bongs announces its permanent closure Matt Hancock tells @KayBurley that he refuses to apologise for 'feeding staff' . He doesn't clarify how many staff and why of all places all the food orders for the department went to one Filipino restaurant
2 days after Bong Bongs announces its permanent closure Matt Hancock tells @KayBurley that he refuses to apologise for 'feeding staff' . He doesn't clarify how many staff and why of all places all the food orders for the department went to one Filipino restaurant
You can read more on Hancock defending the spending in this article by @Alan_McGuinness https://news.sky.com/story/health-secretary-matt-hancock-defends-departments-50k-spend-on-takeaways-12140127
Now I'm not saying Filipino food is bad, I love it, but have you been to any office on England? If you are ordering for a whole department every day for convenience, there is no way the consensus is Filipino food. There are people in this world who find mayo spicy.
How many staff were fed with this 50k? Why 4k one month and 47k the next? Why did all orders go to a single small Filipino restaurant in Hackney?
Why did this small restaurant close after receiving over 400k from the public sector in the last 12 months?
@piersmorgan @afneil
Why did this small restaurant close after receiving over 400k from the public sector in the last 12 months?
@piersmorgan @afneil
